Expansion of dysfunctional CD56-CD16+ NK cells in chronic hepatitis B patients.

Ratna S WijayaScott A ReadStephen SchibeciShuanglin HanMahmoud K AzardaryanyDavid van der PoortenRita LinLawrence YuenVincent LamMark W DouglasJacob GeorgeGolo Ahlenstiel

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)

Chronic HBV infection induces the expansion of highly dysfunctional of CD56- NK cells that likely contribute to inefficient innate and adaptive antiviral immune response in chronic HBV infection.

Keyphrases

nk cells
immune response
hepatitis b virus
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
liver failure
prognostic factors
inflammatory response